Denmark · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Odense, Denmark runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Odense and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Odense lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Odense and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Odense lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Odense and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Odense lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Odense.
Practical Info
Odense (Denmark) is home to roughly 180K people. Today brings about 17.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:36, sunset at 22:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 55° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Denmark
Capital
Copenhagen
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Copenhagen
Coordinates
55.40°N, 10.39°E
Currency
DKK (kr)
Calling Code
+45
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Danish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Andersen was born in Odense in 1805 and published around 156 fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages — among the most translated works of any author. His childhood home is a museum.
The clock: Odense keeps UTC+1. Denmark's first railway to Funen made the city a manufacturing centre; it is now better known for robotics.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap